A Rare Morning Meeting

ok, this is my 4th entry of the day, but i felt like i needed to write this one down b/c it was a good meeting (and to show that i'm not just "playing" all the time). this morning i met with pastor marty. i think this was the first time i've ever had a scheduled meeting with a non-youth pastor.

i think this partly has to do with an old habit i have of never really making an effort to talk to my prof or teacher unless i really had to, and though my pastor is not anything like my teachers, i still have this kinda "keep my distance" feeling. i think it's mostly b/c i feel like i don't want to bother them or they have so many other things going on or other people with bigger things going on. but, yeah, i guess that's not a good thing that i feel like that.

but, anyways, i was pleasantly surprised (and truthfully a little curious) when marty asked to meet with me to "catch up". so we met and i had a great time talking to him about a whole wide array of topics from my job situation, to youth ministry, to cbc, to the new pastor and other things. it was a very comfortable meeting and i'm glad we got to do it.

i also appreciated his concern and his encouragement, and i hope i can learn to be more open and honest with my pastors and not afraid to approach them. i also hope to put into practice a lesson i learned from this experience which i think will help me be a better leader with the students i serve and the people i serve with.

i learned that sometimes we think we are "approachable" b/c we're nice and polite and talk with everyone we meet, and so we don't do anything and wait for people to come to us about the deeper things on their minds. but sometimes, we need to go to them b/c even if we are "approachable" the other person might not work "that way" and will only engage with us if we go to them first.